Coastal Rewilding &
Experimental Ecology Research Group

Coastal Rewilding & Experimental Ecology Research Group

The latest experiment on Derawan

By talhaiti71@gmail.com   |  December 25, 2011  |    Fieldwork, Green Turtle, Indonesia, Seagrass

Just got back on the mainland. Last month we succesfully set-up a large experiment on Derawan to look at interactive effects of hydrodynamics & turtle grazing on seagrasses. This involved building 30 cages and 15 large underwater wave-bunkers for which we almost used al the sand from the nearby sand spit. To determine the location of the plots we used an unmanned aerial photo plane. A small disaster happened and the plane crashed in the telephone tower, and the plane is now in Switserland for repair. See below for a photo-report of the last month:

 

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